Russian Society and Politics from 1818-1914
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| Russian Czar. Key events during reign: Decembrist Revolts (1825) | ||
| Russian Czar. Key events during reign: abolishment of serfdom (1861), assasinated 1881 by the People's Will | ||
| Russian Czar. Key events during reign: conservative reactionary | ||
| Russian Czar. Key events during reign: 1905 Revolution, October Manifesto signed (1905), Russian Constitution ratified (1906), World War I, Russian Revolution (1917) | ||
| A radical sect of the Land and Freedom society. Sought the otherthrow of autocracy in Russian, and assasinated Czar Alexander II | ||
| A Marxist society formed in 1898, and functioned in exile. | ||
| "The Majority." A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party formed in 1903 and led by Vladimir Lenin. They believed in replacing the classic Marxist Prolateriat with Professional revolutionaries as the driving force behind revolution. | ||
| "The Minority." A faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party formed in 1903. They believed that the masses should still be the lead force behind a revolution. | ||
| A series of strikes, protests, and revolts throughout 1905. Started with "Bloody Sunday," (Jan. 22, 1905) with an attack by Imperial Gaurds on striking workers seeking to present Nicholas II with a petition. | ||
| An agreement signed by Nicholas II in October, 1905, which granted many rights to workers. It appeased most urban workers, but angered more Radical revolutionary groups, who saw it as an act of appeasement that would quell the revolution without any real goals met. | ||
| A Constitution ratified in the wake of the Revolution of 1905. It created an elected legislative body, but put very few checks on the Czars powers. | ||
| The elected legislative body created by the Constitution of 1906. They could be disbanded at the will of the Czar. One of their prominant leaders was Sergei Witte. | ||
| A policy set in place by Nicholas I in 1833. It held three major tenets: "Othodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationalism." It was directed by Minister Uvorov, and ultimately taught a generation of young Russians to spurn social mobility. | ||
| A leader of the Russian Social Democratic Party who forced the split between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks at the London Conference of 1903. He led the Bolshevik party and laid the foundations of the party's ideology. |
